Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Telecommunications, Information and Poverty Reduction
  • Knowledge and Development
  • Role of Information and Communications Technologies in Poverty Reduction
  • The Digital Divide
  • The World Bank Group's Strategic Role
  • Overview of the Access Problem
  • The Two Dimensions of the Access Problem
  • The Two Access Gaps
  • Basic Access Indicators
  • Access to Information Technology and the Internet
  • Technology and Market Solutions for the Access Gaps
  • Technology and Cost Trends
  • Retailing Innovations and Community Access Trends
  • Policy and Regulatory Models for Improving Access
  • Country Groupings Based on Liberalization and Geoeconomic Dimensions
  • Policy and Regulatory Options for the Market Efficiency Gap
  • Bridging the Access Gap in a Less than Liberalized Environment
  • Bridging the Access Gap in a Liberalizing Environment
  • Smart Subsidies and Other Financial Schemes to Promote Universal Access
  • The Emerging New Breed of "Rural" Operators
  • World Bank Group Experience to Date
  • World Bank Experience
  • IFC Experience
  • Emerging Lessons from World Bank Group Operations
  • Toward A Strategy for Universal Access
  • Strategic Directions
  • Implementation and Monitoring
  • Regulatory and Market Structure of Selected Countries
  • Universal Service / Access Approach in Selected Countries
  • Universal Access Profiles of Selected Countries
  • Methodology for Country Groupings
  • Methodology to Approximate Universal Access Costs.